July 28, 2013

Open Thread for Authors (Author Promo) for August 2013

JayneMisc / Need A Rec!Author Promotion / Misc / Open Thread / Promotion20 Comments

Welcome to the Promotional Thread for Authors. What’s this you say? I read quite a few blogs outside the romance blogosphere and many of the big ones have a daily open thread where the commenters drive the bus. The rules for Author Promo Night Open Thread are as follows: The ... more >

JayneMisc / Need A Rec!Author Promotion / Misc / Open Thread / Promotion45 Comments

Welcome to the Promotional Thread for Authors. What’s this you say? I read quite a few blogs outside the romance blogosphere and many of the big ones have a daily open thread where the commenters drive the bus. The rules for Author Promo Night Open Thread are as follows: The ... more >

JanePublishing NewsAuthor Promotion / fan-fiction50 Comments

Yesterday I received a email solicitation from an author who has both self published and published with a well known digital first house to promote her kickstarter campaign. I think we all know how I feel about kickstarter campaigns (don’t like them) I wanted to let you know about my ... more >

June 20, 2013

Thursday News: Astroturfing or Reader Word of Mouth

JanePublishing NewsAuthor Promotion / reader-word-of-mouth16 Comments

Penguin Tests Social Reading Rewards Program – Penguin has launched a program to drive more reviews and online discussion of their books. Through “First to Read”, a reader can gain access to advanced reader copies. The program is run on a rewards system (or gamification) wherein points are earned for ... more >

JanePublishing NewsAuthor Promotion / Kobo / zombies1 Comments

Are We Subjected To Literary Skeuomorphism? – This is a hard to read (black background, white text) short blog entry about the idea of literary skeuomorphism or how authors use something familiar to introduce readers to something unknown. This is actually something that Meljean Brook admitted doing in her first ... more >

JayneMisc / Need A Rec!Author Promotion / Misc / Open Thread / Promotion27 Comments

Welcome to the Promotional Thread for Authors. What’s this you say? I read quite a few blogs outside the romance blogosphere and many of the big ones have a daily open thread where the commenters drive the bus. The rules for Author Promo Night Open Thread are as follows: The ... more >